Patents by Inventor Nam Joon Yoo
Nam Joon Yoo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11420498Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photosensor structure including a left photosensor located at the left side of a front windshield of a vehicle viewed from the outside of the vehicle, and a right photosensor located symmetrically to the left photosensor. For example, the left photosensor includes two light reception windows located in a width direction of the vehicle to set a lateral incidence angle having a maximum incidence amount in a left-and-right direction of a light source, a dummy portion located on at least one of the two light reception windows between the two light reception windows to set an incidence altitude having a maximum incidence amount in an upward-and-downward direction of the light source, and light reception units located on lower ends of the light reception windows to measure the amount of light received from the light source through the light reception windows.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kyungshin Corp.Inventors: Jong Min Park, Dong Myeong Lee, Doo Hyun Kim, Nam Joon Yoo, Rae Jin Kang
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Publication number: 20200353789Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photosensor structure including a left photosensor located at the left side of a front windshield of a vehicle viewed from the outside of the vehicle, and a right photosensor located symmetrically to the left photosensor. For example, the left photosensor includes two light reception windows located in a width direction of the vehicle to set a lateral incidence angle having a maximum incidence amount in a left-and-right direction of a light source, a dummy portion located on at least one of the two light reception windows between the two light reception windows to set an incidence altitude having a maximum incidence amount in an upward-and-downward direction of the light source, and light reception units located on lower ends of the light reception windows to measure the amount of light received from the light source through the light reception windows.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kyungshin Corp.Inventors: Jong Min Park, Dong Myeong LEE, Doo Hyun KIM, Nam Joon YOO, Rae Jin KANG
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Patent number: 10800383Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical sensor having constant sensitivity regardless of changes in temperature. The optical sensor may include a light emitting device configured to emit light; a light receiving device configured to receive the light emitted from the light emitting device, and to output current based on an intensity of the light; a temperature sensor coupled with the light emitting device, and having electrical resistance varying with temperature; and a microcontroller including a first channel for supplying first current directly to the light emitting device, a second channel for supplying second current to the light emitting device via the temperature sensor, and a third channel for receiving the current output from the light receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation, Accendo Motion Research Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Min Park, Nak Kyoung Kong, Seung Hyeok Chang, Ki Hong Lee, Nam Joon Yoo, Yong Pyo Hong
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Publication number: 20190291697Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical sensor having constant sensitivity regardless of changes in temperature. The optical sensor may include a light emitting device configured to emit light; a light receiving device configured to receive the light emitted from the light emitting device, and to output current based on an intensity of the light; a temperature sensor coupled with the light emitting device, and having electrical resistance varying with temperature; and a microcontroller including a first channel for supplying first current directly to the light emitting device, a second channel for supplying second current to the light emitting device via the temperature sensor, and a third channel for receiving the current output from the light receiving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Accendo Motion Research Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Min PARK, Nak Kyoung KONG, Seung Hyeok CHANG, Ki Hong LEE, Nam Joon YOO, Yong Pyo HONG
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Patent number: 10179570Abstract: The present invention relates to a total reflection type rain sensor using a mirror, which is attached to a glass of a vehicle to detect raindrops falling onto the glass of the vehicle and outputs a signal capable of controlling speed and cycle of a wiper of the vehicle according to the amount and falling frequency of raindrops detected.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignees: ACCENDO MOTION RESEARCH CO., LTD, DREAMTECH CO., LTDInventors: Young-Ho Kim, Jin Sang Lee, Yong Pyo Hong, Nam Joon Yoo
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Publication number: 20180077776Abstract: An LED compensation system and a method of controlling the system are provided, wherein in the system, when errors occur in some of a plurality of LED members included in an LED package, an adjacent LED device is substituted for the LED device having the error and performs the same function.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jong Min PARK, Nak Kyoung KONG, Ki Hong LEE, Kyu Geol LEE, Keon Soo JIN, Keun Sig LIM, Yong Pyo HONG, Nam Joon YOO
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Publication number: 20170190319Abstract: The present invention relates to a total reflection type rain sensor using a mirror, which is attached to a glass of a vehicle to detect raindrops falling onto the glass of the vehicle and outputs a signal capable of controlling speed and cycle of a wiper of the vehicle according to the amount and falling frequency of raindrops detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2014Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Young-Ho KIM, Jin Sang LEE, Yong Pyo HONG, Nam Joon YOO
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Patent number: 9682686Abstract: A rain sensor has a frost sensing function, and is attached to a windshield glass of a vehicle. The frost sensor includes a casing provided with a frost sensing region formed by recessing a part of the casing to contact indoor air; a light emitting unit that emits light such that the light is incident on the windshield glass; a light receiving unit that receives the light emitted from the light emitting unit and reflected from the windshield glass and the frost sensing region; and a control unit that outputs the light received by the light receiving unit as a control signal and activates a wiper and an air conditioner of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jin Sang Lee, Yong Pyo Hong, Nam Joon Yoo, Jong Min Park
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Publication number: 20170001601Abstract: A one-body type rain sensor is attached to a vehicle glass to differentiate a raindrop and an external object which fall down onto the vehicle glass, where the one-body type rain sensor includes a light emission unit which emits light which is inputted onto the vehicle glass, a second light emission module which emits light which is inputted onto the vehicle glass, a light receiving unit which receives the light which is emitted from the light emission unit and the second light emission unit and reflected off the vehicle glass, and a control unit which outputs the light that the light receiving unit has received, in the form of a signal, thereby operating a wiper of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Jin Sang Lee, Yong Pyo Hong, Nam Joon Yoo, Jong Min Park
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Publication number: 20170001600Abstract: A rain sensor has a frost sensing function, and is attached to a windshield glass of a vehicle. The frost sensor includes a casing provided with a frost sensing region formed by recessing a part of the casing to contact indoor air; a light emitting unit that emits light such that the light is incident on the windshield glass; a light receiving unit that receives the light emitted from the light emitting unit and reflected from the windshield glass and the frost sensing region; and a control unit that outputs the light received by the light receiving unit as a control signal and activates a wiper and an air conditioner of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Jin Sang Lee, Yong Pyo Hong, Nam Joon Yoo, Jong Min Park